Yeah so one of George Orwell's best essays was his profile of Charles Dickens from the POV of leftist politics and asking whether Dickens was a friend or foe to revolution And this is a recurring theme through all of Dickens' work - balking before really calling for change
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It's better than another popular life plan.
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It was pretty much the trailing off at the end of the Gilded Age. Depressingly effective for historical pieces.
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"Look at this badass tangle of biographies we put together. Aren't they the kinda people you wanna look up to?"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxD1udAch3Y …
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Bill Gates
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Lots of Christians will use this explicitly as an argument against social services and safety nets: the existence of social services and safety nets "robs" people who aren't poor of the opportunity to be "charitable."
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A lot of Christians think what God wants is for them to give to charity, not to make sure people don't suffer, because their conception of Christianity is about having the best relationship with God rather than making the world more in line with God's desires.
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The whole "Giving Pledge" crowd, for example.
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At least the Ferengi are honest about it and think "philanthropy" is a dirty word.
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You can just say Bill Gates.
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